New Flowers

These flowers are growing in the hills all up and down the pathways of the water. I saw them on an almost-aborted hike on Sunday.

After getting to ferry I can see from my window (click on Hong Kong Daily Photos), finding out that I had the time 45 minutes off, returning home and coming back, we arrived one bike, one scooter and two hikers at the trailhead. But there was a tall flight of cement stairs. Back we went to the pier to lock up bike and scooter. Then back to the trailhead. Then Kestrel said that she needed a water bottle. Back we went to the pier to buy water. Then back to the trailhead. We climbed to the top of the stairs to find... a cement path. Back we went to the pier to get bike and scooter. Then back to the trailhead. After a few hundred meters the path became dirt, but we carried on half-way to Pui O, until the mosquitoes became too much for little ankles.Around a week and a half ago, the air suddenly became heavy with humidity. Even though it's only around 24 C, so not too hot, everything is thick and wet. To keep the bread from drying out, you leave it on the counter. It's almost impossible to tell if clothes on the line are dry or wet, mainly because they're still wet. Outside feel much better than inside because there the humidity makes everything smell alive. New flowers, honeysuckle, jasmine, the flowers leis are made of (plumaria I think), all kinds of smells that make you want to say words like redolent.